Christ the I AM – “I Am the way and the truth and the life.”

Jesus the way to the Father

John 14:5-7

⁵ Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?’⁶ Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ⁷ If you really know me, you will know^[b] my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.’ 

Acts 4:12

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.

Eph 4:17-20
17He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

19Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens of the saints and members of God’s household, 20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. (Eph 2:13; Mark 15:38)

Christ the I Am – “I am the Resurrection and the Life”

Raising of Lazarus

John 11:1- 43

 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;

John 1:4 In Him is Life

In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.

1John 1:1-3

1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 3We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us.

Romans 6:5

For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. (Col 2:12)

Seated in heavenly places

Eph 2:4-7

4But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ, even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved! 6And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 3:1-4

1Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.